Recently a couple of contributors to this blog - who have started to take Champix or Chantix themselves and feel fine on it - have commented that the page they are reading here ”seems very negative”.
This is my sixth blog post on Champix/Chantix. I check all comments that come in, and with the obvious exception of [...]
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When Dr Ben Goldacre recently voiced concerns in the British Medical Journal about drug companies ‘engineering’ drug trials, resulting in what he called “bad evidence, which distorts medical decision-making, and harms patients”, we only have to look at the Champix fiasco to see how true that is. But that is not the only type [...]
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The weird and wonderful internet just threw up another amusing splinter of craziness in the form of an email message, sent through the Truth Will Out Contact Form facility, from a website called ChampixMagic. It purported to be from a person called Jay, and it said:
Jay wrote:
Dear sir/webmaster,
I am the responsible person for link [...]
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In response to the post Champix Kills, But Don’t Tell The Smokers a comment came in from James which raised a number of important points, so I have decided to reproduce it here, along with my response to the points he raised:
JAMES on October 27th, 2009 at 7:11 am Said:
I am in two minds regarding [...]
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Scientists - you know, those people with white labcoats and glasses who tirelessly Mine The Seam Of Truth for all mankind – have been getting very excited about the role of Money in the development of new Wonder Drugs.
Useful Definitions:
‘Wonder Drug’
A Wonder Drug is a drug which has just been launched, so it has yet [...]
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It’s not just doctors that are failing to warn smokers about the more deadly serious side-effects of Champix Chantix. The so-called “public health charity” Action on Smoking and Health (A.S.H.) have conspicuously failed to update their advice to smokers and health professionals in the light of all the horror-stories over the past eighteen months, choosing [...]
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The Real Threat to Doctors, Pharmacists and the Medical Profession
To learn the truth about Chantix Champix, all you have to do is Google “Champix suicides” (or Chantix suicides) and read all about it for yourself.
But why should smokers have to do that? Most smokers assume that their doctor or their pharmacist would warn them [...]
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Until recently I was advising smokers to Google “Champix Suicides” if they wanted to hear the truth about this dangerous - and largely useless - medication. Nowadays, all you have to do is Google “Champix” and those warning sites are already appearing on the first page, along with all the shameless promotions and [...]
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Having begun this with a fairly open mind when it came to Chantix Champix - a relatively new medication - in the 14 months since I first referred to it in my book, which was the end of May 2007 when its launch was announced in the U.K., I have decided upon a personal stance. [...]
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This is a serious warning: because of the comments that have come in so far over Champix, and because of the growing incidence of suicides linked to Champix (Don’t take my word - Google it: Champix suicides) I believe that anyone who wants help to stop smoking should look into this very carefully before agreeing [...]
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